• Local man jailed after sex with 15 year-old

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:26 on 12/12/11

  

  A Uttoxeter man who had illicit sex with a 15-year-old girl has been jailed for 32 months by a judge. Police found the girl at the Balance Street home of Alan Hudson after she had been reported as a runaway, Stafford Crown Court heard. The girl was belligerent and at first refused to leave Hudson's flat, but was eventually returned home. Paul Farrow, prosecuting, said the girl had spent 24 hours in Hudson's flat during which they...

• Drug smuggler put behind bars

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:40 on 25/11/11

  

  A woman who tried to smuggle heroin into Dovegate Prison for her boyfriend has ended up behind bars herself. Staff at the prison searched Nicola Edwards during a visit to her boyfriend earlier this year. They found a package containing 35 grams of heroin inside her body during the search on May 27. Stafford Crown Court heard the heroin had a street value of £350. But the court heard that the value of the drug would rocket...

• Police issue warning over 'distraction' burglary

  By CarlyBaldwin at 14:50 on 08/11/11

  

  Police in Uttoxeter have warned elderly residents to be on their guard after an 84 year-old man had his house burgled on Saturday evening. The victim answered the door to the offender, who claimed he was there to check the water. The offender then stole cash from the property, on Park Avenue. Officers are now trying to establish whether the incident was linked to a similar burglary in Tutbury on the same day. Relatives and friends of...

• Information wanted over damaged horsebox

  By CarlyBaldwin at 12:38 on 01/11/11

  

  Police are appealing for information on a horsebox that was vandalised in Uttoxeter back in September. The horsebox was parked on the Maltings car park at around 2pm on Saturday September 10, when the occupant of a silver car scratched the word 'thanks' into it's paintwork. Anyone with any information on the incident is asked to call PC Richard Barnhouse on 0300 123 4455, quoting incident number 637 of September 10.

• Staffordshire Police begin major theft operation

  By CarlyBaldwin at 15:34 on 31/10/11

  

  Police in Staffordshire today began a week-long operation to tackle theft and burglary, and bring those involved to justice. 'Operation Impact' will run through to Saturday, and the force are hoping it will allow them to build on positive figures recorded between April and September, which showed that 'serious acquisitive crime' fell by 8%  Assistant Chief Constable Julian Blazeby said he hopes that residents across the county...

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